buscapiés
Spanish, noun/buskaˈpjes/
buscapiés is spelled B-U-S-C-A-P-I-É-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buscapiés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “firecracker set off to move horizontally close to the ground” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of buscapié. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cohete sin varilla que corre entre los pies de la gente”.
What does buscapiés mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirecracker set off to move horizontally close to the ground
noun
- 1
plural of buscapié
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cohete sin varilla que corre entre los pies de la gente. 2. Especie de culebrillas que salen de algunos cohetes preparados al efecto.^([cita requerida]) 3. Centro que se tira al ras del suelo para sorprender a la defensa rival.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of buscapiés
- buscapieses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce buscapiés?
- /buskaˈpjes/
- [bus.kaˈpjes]
- [buskaˈpjes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is buscapiés in Spanish?
buscapiés appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).